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They then see what gang you're from, if any. Then house you accordingly with your allies and away from your enemies.

I found that interesting. Obviously they wouldn't put you with enemies to avoid fights/rapes/deaths but wouldn't there always be the possibility if you're with mates to join up and break out? Or is that because I've watched too much Prison Break

Stupid question... but what if you're a half cast? Half white half asian for example... how does that work? Saw your Myspace... being asian, was there much of a group? Sounds tough being one of the minorities :|

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The shame about jail here is that the whites all dog on each other and don't stick together and look out for each other, whereas the Muslims, Asians, and Aborigines stick to and look after their kind. Apparently the Muslims are quite well organised inside and have clearcut rules and pecking order.

Stupid question... but what if you're a half cast? Half white half asian for example... how does that work? Saw your Myspace... being asian, was there much of a group? Sounds tough being one of the minorities :|

Being a half breed in jail sucks ass. Especially when you have a last name that doesn't look very befitting tattooed on your back. At first the guards didnt know who to put me with. I had a choice to roll with the woods( Whites) or the Asians. Since i look more asian than white, i chose the latter. Yeah, there are a lot of Asians in prison, not half as many as the whites,blacks or mexican, but we had enough to hold our own if any other race wanted to kick it off with us.

thats crazy man so would you be ever going back??

Probly not, I'm banned from the country for 5 years right now. Plus the 2 strikes i have are enough of a deterrant to keep me away. If i went back and got so much as a DUI that would be enough for them to give me a 25+ year sentence because of the three strike law.

either way man.. just remember.

if you come to melbourne, pm me, we go strippers.

Hahahaha, for sure man. I might have to take a quick trip to Melbourne so i can take you up on that offer.

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If you don't mind this turning into a Q&A session, what was the craziest shit you ever saw go down in there? I understand if you dont really wanna keep on with this topic of conversation tho hey!

Well, there were two experiences that will forever stand out in my mind.

1. 06 Riots in L.A county jail- There were 67 murders in these riots. I was there. I was in the 2800 section of Twin towers Downtown L.A jail. In this section, there are 200 cells on two tiers ( Floors) each cell houses 7 men in a 12x10' cell. It's cramped as hell. Usually they had segregated the races, but again Gov. Arnie thinks he knows best and calls for a full intergation of the races. Result, blacks and hispanics get housed together. Anyway,It was another regular night, it was about 9pm i was about to go to sleep. As i previously said, each race does it's little battlecry before lights out. The Bloods and Crips had just finished their calls, The surenos were next The start their battle cry; chanting "Purro Sur Trece" then just when they're supposed to stop the Shot caller for the Surenos yells out something in Spanish and I hear every South Sider in every cell carry out his order to attack a black, all two hundred cells kicked it off simultaneously. The sounds of 1400 people fighting to the death is a f**king crazy noise. All I heard was running, screaming, punching, stabbing. It went on until someone screamed out, Black Down. The guards rushed in with riot gear, dragged out a black dude who was damn near beaten to death, his face was unrecognisable. Then when the guards left, it began again. Every so often the guards would drag out another body and it would resume. Luckily i was housed in a safe cell, with 3 Asians,2 BLacks and only 1 South Sider ( Sureno). Later that night they fired every kind of grenade they had into the cell block. Concussion, Flash bang, tear gas you name it. Everyone who wasn't black or Hispanic was moved to the 2400 block safe zone.

2. My friend E getting a life sentence, for killing the guy who killed his brother

When i was in Chino State Prison i made a really good friend named E. He was an Uso, popular jail name for Samoan. Anyway, we were cellies for a while then we both got moved to a 40 man dorm. Things were going pretty good until this one day when a new guy moved into the next dorm down. E started acting wierd as soon as he saw the guy but he never said anything about it. He started calling a lot of people daily, from what i overheard standing next to him ( I had to stand guard incase someone tried to stab him when his back was turned.) He was planning on doing a lot more time. He was telling his family to cancel all the plans they had..etc. The rec. yard cycle is such that 2 dorms are released at the same time onto the yard. Every combination of dorms has it's time together. I realise now that E was just biding his time until they released us with that guy from the next dorm over. About a month after that guy arrived we had yard together.

Me, E and the Asian crew walked toward the usual hangout spot on the yard, a wall below the gun tower. All the while E kept looking at the gun towers, he seemed nervous as hell. I couldn't understand what was going through his head at the time. We had almost got to the spot when i see E stop dead in his tracks and stare at the guy from the other dorm about 50ft away from us. I'll never forget what he said next " That piece of shit killed my brother, This'll be my strike out, f**k it, It's worth it". Me and two others try to grab him, but a 6'4" 400lb Samoan isn't the easiest thing to stop. We saw E charge at the guy, pull out a small shank. It was a sharpened tooth brush. The guy didnt even see it coming, until it was too late. E grabbed him around the neck and started stabbing at his face as hard as he could. The alarm sounded, the familar "All inmates get down, or you will be shot" came on through the loud speaker. E didnt get down, he just kept stabbing the guy, who I'm sure was already dead. His body was limp. 10 Guards rushed over and sprayed mace all over E, he still didnt stop, they fired tasers at him, Which brought him down. He still had the strength for a few more stabs before a guard cracked him over the head with a baton. That was the last I ever saw of him. E was a 2 striker, which meant any felony would've given him a 3rd strike and a mandatory life sentence, not only did he get his third strike, he killed someone in the process.

Usually this stuff doesn't happen. The CDC is pretty thorough about keeping enemies away from each other. But i guess this one slipped through the cracks. And he got killed because of it.

I've seen a lot crazier shit than this go down, but this is what stands out in my memory the most.

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Should think about doing a blog or some sort similar ay. Not just because of the crazy experience but really, i think you have a way of writing ay.

Just an idea is all cause i reakon you'd get a decent amount of readers.

In regards to uni have you called up the any Uni's or even better UAC?

UAC is the Universities Admissions Centre in case you didn't know. Early round applications are closing soon September 30th. You'd need to get in before that otherwise you'd have to pay a late entry fee.